Nov 15, 2004
On 24-25 May 2004, the Government of Portugal and the ICJ convened the European Roundtable on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Lisbon, Portugal.
The European Roundtable was designed to both prepare for and assist the work of the United Nations Working Group, mandated by the 60th session of the United Nations Commission of Human Rights to further consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.
Report of the European Roundtable on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [full text, PDF]
Oct 21, 2004 | News
The ICJ today called on the Government of Nepal to reverse its decision to allow government officials to put people in preventive detention without charge or trial or supervision by the courts for up to one year.
Oct 12, 2004
In its report on the appeal of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians, the ICJ concluded that there was no evidence that the defendants’ right to be presumed innocent was violated during the proceedings.
However, defects emerged regarding the principles of equality of arms between the prosecution and the defence and the independence and impartiality of the tribunal.
Turkey-Leyla Zana appeal-trial observer-report-2004 (full text, PDF)
Turkey-Re-trial of Leyla Zana and others-report-2004 (full text, PDF)
Oct 12, 2004 | News
On the day it released two reports on the first re-trial and appeal of Leyla Zana and her co-defendants, the ICJ called for the Heavy Penal Court to dismiss the charges against the former parliamentarians.
Oct 4, 2004 | News
On the eve of a major legal challenge in the House of Lords, JUSTICE and the ICJ call for the Law Lords to rule against the government’s 9/11 law permitting the indefinite detention of suspected terrorists.
